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Bronte School 7 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HN

20230196Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 June 2023

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of existing school car park into a new sports/play area.

Received
3 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Pelham
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 85 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bronte School 7 Pelham Road Gravesend Kent DA11 0HN. Gravesham has handled 2,688 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Gravesham's typical decision time. The site is in the Wroxham conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Pelham. We hold 1,415 applications in total for the DA11 postcode area.

74% of full applications at Gravesham Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
DA11 0HN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2023
Consultation expiry
18 May 2023
Consultation start
25 April 2023
Consultation end
18 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2023
Last date for comments
18 May 2023
Target decision date
3 May 2023
Permission expires
1 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 March 2023
Advertisement expiry
14 April 2023
Site notice start
24 March 2023
Site notice end
14 April 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11865134
Documents
33
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    3 Mar

    Change of use of part of existing school car park into a new sports/play area.

    This applicationApprovedFull20230196
  2. 2023
    3 Mar

    Application for Listed Building Consent for the change of use of part of existing school car park into a new…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside20230197

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